Some Macs just won't die. My Quicksilver G4, which I bought in November or 2001, was still running like a locomotive when I moved to a Mini two years ago. And the Mac Plus and SE 30 that I sold a few years ago were also still running without a hitch.

Still have my 512ke that still works as well as a Classic, the Color Classics and three color iMacs. Just can't get rid of them! They are tucked away in a barn loft now. I am careful about the batteries on the logic boards as they can leak when they get old.

I think I have System 7 and 7.6 somewhere but only have System 1 for the 512ke

Originally Posted By: steveg

Some Macs just won't die. My Quicksilver G4, which I bought in November or 2001, was still running like a locomotive when I moved to a Mini two years ago. And the Mac Plus and SE 30 that I sold a few years ago were also still running without a hitch.

I still have my 2001 G4 QuickSilver running 24/7 running my security cameras! I did have to replace the hard drive earlier this year and the FireWire ports do not work. I am going to replace it with a Mini IF it ever dies. I moved my old 1st generation Time Capsule to a bridge as it still is going too!

I haven't booted my 512Ke in a long while, but last time I did, it worked fine. And my SE30 still works well. The only desktop that stopped working on me was a Classic, and it was the HD that died on that machine. Laptops are a different story. I blame myself for the death of my son's clamshell iBook because I dumped a cup of coffee on it. But the old, old PB, one of the 20 pound black-clad behemoths, from around 1998, did die all on its own, as did the aluminum PB that replaced my son's clamshell.

I am still using my TI-PB 800 to play movies that I ripped while on a treadmill. It works well. My PB G4 AL 1.5 GHZ still works but needs a PRAM battery and am too lazy to do that as it is just a backup presenter laptop I keep at work. I have the PB 1400 packed away somewhere but got rid of the others. I do not even have an Intel MacBook as I just use my iPad now.

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